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This great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) struck directly from below with such force that it leapt entirely clear of the water. Gansbaai, South Africa, where this image was taken, is one of the only places in the world where the sharks exhibit this behaviour. Conditions for high speed photography were difficult as the light was low, but the setting sun imparted a beautiful golden glow to the shark's body, accentuating the size of its enormous pectoral fin.

One of the wonderful things about wildlife photography is that you never know what nature may present to you. In this case it was a herd of nearly seventy elk in the Boxley Valley of Arkansas. I spent the morning photographing these incredible animals, but the highlight shown here was seeing this precious interaction between a spike yearling and majestic bull.